INTRODUCTION
šæ In Master Woo Myungās profound poem The World I, the contrast between manās noisy mind and heavenās silence reveals the truth of existence.
Human beings believe they create, build, and control the worldābut all things simply exist as heavenās silent will.
The more one clings to ego and ambition, the deeper he sinks into karma and delusion.
Only by emptying the noisy mind and aligning with the stillness of heaven can one find peace and true existence. š
ORIGINAL WRITING BY MASTER WOO MYUNG
The World I
The world is full of words and so noisy
but nothing happens according to manās will.
Man believes he makes the world
because he is superior,
but heaven is silent.
In a noisy world full of countless things
man builds and destroys,
in vain, he ages and disappears.
It is by this karma he both lives and dies.
There is nothing more wretched than oneās own mind;
because of it, he does not know how deep his karma is,
and does not try to enter into Truth.
Heaven has never told people to be a certain way.
It just exists without plans or a certain will.
Only man makes words such as creation and birth
and he is blind to the fact that things, just as they are,
are the real existence.
With the mind of a viper,
he insists that he is great.
It is hard to know how to teach that kind of mind,
and what kind of medicine could cure it.
But it seems everything will be all right
because the will of heaven is heaven itself.
These things occur to me
only because people need saving.
ā Woo Myung
REFLECT AT SANTA CLARA MEDITATION
āļø Heaven is silent, yet its silence holds all truth.
At Santa Clara Meditation, we learn to quiet the mind that speaks endlesslyā
the mind that builds illusions and calls them life.
Through the practice of mind-subtraction, we return to heavenās stillness,
where there is no will, no noise, and no separation from existence.
To live as heaven lives is to be free from karma and dwell in the world of Truth. š
